LOST-CHANCE DOCTRINE

By SovConn | May 1, 2013

lost-chance doctrine. 1.LOSS-OF-CHANCE DOCTRINE. 2. A rule permitting a claim, in limited circumstances, against someone who fails to come to the aid of a person who is in imminent danger of being injured or killed. Cf. GOOD SAMARITAN DOCTRINE .
[Blacks Law 8th]

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